// Competitive context

How GigScores is different

Every platform claims to show you who's good. Here's why most of them can't — and what makes GigScores a different kind of tool entirely.

Feature	GigScores	Fiverr	Upwork	Trustpilot	Ask on X
Verified payment or invoice proof required	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
Reviews are permanent — can't be deleted by the freelancer	✓	~	~	~	✗
Works for any freelancer, not just platform users	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
Native X / Twitter integration	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓
Open profiles — no login needed to read reviews	✓	~	~	✓	✗
Bayesian Trust Score (not raw star averages)	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
Human moderation on every review	✓	~	~	~	✗

✓ Yes / fully supported~ Partial / varies✗ No / not supported

GigScores doesn't compete with Fiverr or Upwork. Those are hiring platforms — they handle contracts, escrow, and payments. GigScores is a reputation layer that works for any freelancer you find anywhere: on X, through a referral, in a Slack group, anywhere.

Fiverr and Upwork reviews only exist because you hired through their platform. GigScores reviews follow the freelancer — not the platform — and stay public regardless of where the work happened.

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